# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion

• The conversation primarily focused on CAD software development challenges, with kanzure expressing frustration about the complexity of CAD engines and criticizing OpenSCAD for creating its own programming language rather than leveraging existing ones.

• Kanzure shared progress on developing Python bindings for BRLCAD (https://github.com/kanzure/python-brlcad), discussing cross-platform installation challenges, particularly Windows-specific issues.

• Scientific papers were shared through paperbot, including research on evolutionary attempts at four-eyed vertebrates, demonstrating the channel's focus on sharing and discussing academic biological research.

• A user inquired about DIY approaches to electroactive polymers and carbon nanotubes, specifically seeking information about reproducing work from a Science paper (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/323/5921/1575).

• Participants discussed the impracticality of motion-sensing interfaces like Kinect for competitive gaming, noting such interfaces would be too slow compared to keyboard/mouse for professional StarCraft players who require high actions-per-minute.

• The channel showed interest in technical skill development tools, with mentions of a typing game (http://phoboslab.org/ztype/) and a VI-teaching video game.